by Face2Face Africa | May 13, 2016 | Africa
A massive 813-carat diamond from a mine in Botswana has been sold for a record breaking $63 million by a Canadian mining firm, Lucara. This diamond, named Lesedi la Rona is in the shape of a tennis ball, thus making it the second largest found diamond in the world...
by Face2Face Africa | May 12, 2016 | Africa
Last month, George Airport in South Africa became the continent’s first solar powered-airport when it launched a clean energy project that in its initial phase, will supply 41% of the airport’s energy demands. This initiative follows the world’s first solar-powered...
by Face2Face Africa | May 11, 2016 | Africa
It was a moment of truth telling and reality check at the just-concluded 5th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa when former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan insisted that African countries must stop begging, cap-in-hand, for assistance from...
by Freddie Ra | May 3, 2016 | Africa, Business
A final year Chemical Engineering student of the National University of Science and Technology, Farai Musendo has tapped into Zimbabwe’s waste problem, designing a machinery that turns plastic to diesel. The innovative student engineer who stood out at the 57th...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 29, 2016 | Africa
Diamonds are one of Africa’s most lucrative natural resources. buy lipitor online https://fromaddictiontorecovery.com/NAV2/_notes/mno/lipitor.html no prescription pharmacy For many years, they have contributed immensely to the economic sustenance of its few...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 28, 2016 | Africa, Profiles in Black History
The history of Songhai can be traced back to the 17th century under a long line of Dias (Kings or Emperors). After Mali lost its power, Songhai was there to assume its role as the last of the Great Three ancient West African empires. Askia Mohammed, born Muhammad Ture...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 28, 2016 | Africa, Profiles in Black History
Born in 1892 near Harer, Haile Selassie I was the last emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974) and a grandnephew of Emperor Menelik II. In 1916, he ousted Menelik’s successor, Lij Iyasu, replacing him with Zauditu, the old emperor’s daughter. Selassie succeeded...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 27, 2016 | Africa, Blog, Did You Know, Profiles in Black History
Mali was the second of the “Great Three” ancient West African kingdoms whose history can be traced back to Paleolithic times through rock paintings, carvings and other finds – all of this goes back before its known record, 600 A.D. – 1,400 A.D....
by Candace | Apr 19, 2016 | Africa
On the day before the second commemoration denoting the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls by terrorist aggressors, high school Pakistani lobbyist, Malala Yousafzai gave a public statement reminding the families of the girls, we have not forgotten and are waiting...
by Freddie Ra | Apr 1, 2016 | Africa, Black 365, History
Queen Nzingha was born in 1653 and ruled Matamba and Ndongo Kingdoms (Angola). buy chloroquine online http://www.gfrpartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/png/chloroquine.html no prescription pharmacy That was the reason she was also known as Amazon Queen of Matamba....
